@texasag1969 said:

I think you meant the Bellagio. Venetian is on your side further down the strip towards downtown.

Indeed I did.

@hoorta said:

Nah- the Browns make the game, I'm heading to Florida to hang out with my pal's son in Clearwater. Should at least be able to party outside of the stadium. 

I don't know.....are they going to have stuff set up there?  Are they even going to allow people around there?    I am thinking probably not, but that is just speculation.

What is the league....the city/state there going to allow in terms of attendance at that game?      (I will check)

Here is what I found:

The league is now planning for 20% capacity at the stadium, ESPN reports. The NFL has revealed some of its plans regarding Super Bowl LV in Tampa. The league is now planning for 20% capacity at the stadium, ESPN reports. Additionally, fans will be in pods six feet apart and masks will be required........

All of the fan-facing events will go on as planned following safety guidelines, which will allow for Super Bowl week to take on a normal feel despite any lack of normalcy that has come about amid the pandemic.

What are "fan-facing events"?  Tailgates?

@the-gipper said:

While, sure, it was cool being in Vegas for Super Bowl week.....it is actually better being there, or somewhere where there is a sports book on a regular NFL Sunday.  While I was not in Vegas, I was once in Tahoe and another time in Wendover NV...just across the Utah border,  on NFL Sundays.    There you get to see every game being played all on big screens.  You can lay some action down on the games....if you choose.   Actually on those times I only put small bets down on the Browns.  Not on other games.  Still it was cool to see all the games playing out. 

By the way:    Does anyone have a clue as to when  Ohio is going to finally  legalize sports betting?    They have had a dispute going on between the Lottery Commision and the Gaming Commission as to who is going to control the system.   I could see a delay if there were some competitiveness associated with private casino operators, but that is not the case.  It is a feud between bureaucrats.  I don't know why those idjits get to muck things up.  The legislature and the Governor need to just decide and then tell the other bureau to shut the fuck up.  Of course, I know that  the Governor  is busy trying to do his best with another situation he is busy with, and the legislature is too busy counting their bribe money from First Energy.   But when this pandemic shit is over with, they need to make a decision. 

 I did an internship there one summer and would often do two game pro baseball parleys. $10 would get you back $36 if I recall correctly. Anyway on one bet I had already won the first of the two games and got an early 9 or 10 run lead in the first two innings of the second, so I left all those big screens I was watching the games in and treated myself to a very nice steak dinner with some of the winnings to be. I came back after all games were done to cash in my ticket and those bastards had blown that big lead and lost by 3 or 4 runs. So my "free" steak dinner cost me almost as much as my losing "win" had cost me. Counting chickens before they hatch in Vegas is a fools errand. Guilty as charged.?

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/46347/ohio-sports-betting-access-new-bill/

Check it out. 

It doesn't really say which casinos will have it, but it likely that the  ones in NE Ohio will:   Northfield, Thistledown and  the downtown casino.  

It does say this:      limits the market to one skin per casino.

I have no clue what that is supposed to mean.  Do any of you? 

@dawg-in-md said:

While, sure, it was cool being in Vegas for Super Bowl week.....it is actually better being there, or somewhere where there is a sports book on a regular NFL Sunday.  While I was not in Vegas, I was once in Tahoe and another time in Wendover NV...just across the Utah border,  on NFL Sundays.    There you get to see every game being played all on big screens.  You can lay some action down on the games....if you choose.   Actually on those times I only put small bets down on the Browns.  Not on other games.  Still it was cool to see all the games playing out. 

By the way:    Does anyone have a clue as to when  Ohio is going to finally  legalize sports betting?    They have had a dispute going on between the Lottery Commision and the Gaming Commission as to who is going to control the system.   I could see a delay if there were some competitiveness associated with private casino operators, but that is not the case.  It is a feud between bureaucrats.  I don't know why those idjits get to muck things up.  The legislature and the Governor need to just decide and then tell the other bureau to shut the fuck up.  Of course, I know that  the Governor  is busy trying to do his best with another situation he is busy with, and the legislature is too busy counting their bribe money from First Energy.   But when this pandemic shit is over with, they need to make a decsion. 

@the-gipper said:

So?  You would win like 800 bucks?   Seems like you got much higher odds than I did on my ticket which was about  25-1.  I bought that ticket  the exact same day as the Super Bowl last year, where I watched part of it at the Orleans Casino and part of it at the end at my resort unit.  So it seems we may have been there the same time.   Which Casino did you make your bet?  Caesar's?

@the-gipper said:

April of this year?  or last year?

If this coming year.....Vegas IS open.     You just have to do the right thing.....wear your mask,  social distance....sanitize....wash hands etc.   You COULD do it.  But obviously, if you wouldn't feel safe about it, that is clearly your option.  

About 2 million people in this country have received the shot so far.  Supposedly that number could grow to over 11 million by the end of the year, i.e. by the end of this week. 

I am hoping to get it sometime in January.    I am on the list at my pharmacy, but I may also call my doctor in the next day or so to see if she can get me scheduled. 

This year

@the-gipper said:

What does this mean?  That you are going to Vegas 4 times in January? 

? 

@silver-slayer said:

What does this mean?  That you are going to Vegas 4 times in January? 

@dawg-in-md said:

I go every year for the SB. Me and my bro-in law get comped at Ceasar's resorts (he gambles alot!) Last couple years, The D in old vegas has been putting up a pretty nice outdoor venue https://www.thed.com/meetings-events/sporting-events/ (giant TV screen and most of you $$ back that you pay for entrance on a card for alcohol). Obviously they aren't doing that this year. I already have my airfare scheduled and he has our room booked at Harrah's,  but I will probably pass on it this year. I got the Covid vaccine last week and will receive the second shot on 1/11/21, but I'm still probably not going to chance it. 

I also bought a $20: 40-1 ticket last year when I was there for the SB that the Browns would win SB LV. Would love to be there if they get there. We haven't cancelled our reservations yet!?!?!?

So?  You would win like 800 bucks?   Seems like you got much higher odds than I did on my ticket which was about  25-1.  I bought that ticket  the exact same day as the Super Bowl last year, where I watched part of it at the Orleans Casino and part of it at the end at my resort unit.  So it seems we may have been there the same time.   Which Casino did you make your bet?  Caesar's?

I also bought a $20: 40-1 ticket last year when I was there for the SB that the Browns would win SB LV. Would love to be there if they get there. We haven't cancelled our reservations yet!?!?!?

@atom said:

prayers for ur friend

Thank you very much. He's staying hunkered down quite well. He's 100% service connected for his heart problem and over age 75, so he will be high priority on the VA vaccine program.

@texasag1969 said:

I have a friend in his mid 70s who lives there and normally goes to the sports books during pro and college football season. But this year he is staying totally away. History of heart problems so he knows it would be foolish to take any chances until vaccination is widespread.

prayers for ur friend

@atom said:

vegas has been open I have had friends that have gone down there and are fine

I have a friend in his mid 70s who lives there and normally goes to the sports books during pro and college football season. But this year he is staying totally away. History of heart problems so he knows it would be foolish to take any chances until vaccination is widespread.

@warriorsrpussies said:

Was suppose to go on April 10th, like everything else covid fucked it up. Haven't been there since the mid 2000s, would have been my girls first trip. Love the old strip and drinking out our footballs. Gonna have to waste a ton of time on the phone before the 1st (got an extension till the end of the year) getting a refund or a charge back because I simply won't get a plane right now. Ain't safe.

vegas has been open I have had friends that have gone down there and are fine

The U.S. is allocating 5.1 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine  and 6 million doses of Moderna’s shot for distribution through this week. Both vaccines require two doses taken several weeks apart. The second doses are being held in reserve until they’re ready to be administered.

U.S. Vaccine Campaign

@warriorsrpussies said:

Was suppose to go on April 10th, like everything else covid fucked it up. Haven't been there since the mid 2000s, would have been my girls first trip. Love the old strip and drinking out our footballs. Gonna have to waste a ton of time on the phone before the 1st (got an extension till the end of the year) getting a refund or a charge back because I simply won't get a plane right now. Ain't safe.

April of this year?  or last year?

If this coming year.....Vegas IS open.     You just have to do the right thing.....wear your mask,  social distance....sanitize....wash hands etc.   You COULD do it.  But obviously, if you wouldn't feel safe about it, that is clearly your option.  

About 2 million people in this country have received the shot so far.  Supposedly that number could grow to over 11 million by the end of the year, i.e. by the end of this week. 

I am hoping to get it sometime in January.    I am on the list at my pharmacy, but I may also call my doctor in the next day or so to see if she can get me scheduled. 

@tour2ma said:

Going to Vagas with Gipper to party on $234?

Hold me back....

That's just the beer budget.  

You are not invited.  

@mld-woody said:

You old fucks kept partying in early corona and now you're gonna get the vaccine first so you can get back out there. 

Yea.  We are real men.  Not like your association of finooks.

@texasag1969 said:

In downtown Vegas on Fremont Street Experience. That might be worth it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa_Resort_&_Casino#/media/File:Circa_Resort.jpg

there are some real cool streams that take all around the casino on youtube

@atom said:

id go i want to go the circa it just opened last month and looks bad ass

In downtown Vegas on Fremont Street Experience. That might be worth it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa_Resort_&_Casino#/media/File:Circa_Resort.jpg